Last week, we announced the start of our series on the Top 25 moments in Michigan athletics for the first 25 years of the 2000s. Today, we continue with No. 20-16, which includes several national championship-related items for the Michigan Wolverines.
20. Jake Moody saves season with game-winner against Illinois (2022)
There may not be a single game I have sweated over more in my life than Michigan vs Illinois in 2022. Just about everything that could have gone wrong in that game did. The Illini had a really good team coming into the Big House the week before the most highly anticipated Michigan-Ohio State game in a decade.